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Adolescent Mental Health Project
The Project
The Adolescent mental health project started as a three-year training project funded by the Department of Health. It is now firmly established and well into its 6th year. It focuses on training for those working with vulnerable teenagers in a variety of settings and contexts. There is particular emphasis on the emotional well being of young people.
The overall aim is to increase the competence and confidence of staff working with young people in relation to their mental health issues by designing and delivering a wide variety of training courses which are available as open courses run by TSA across the country and also as in-house tailor made courses for specific organisations and staff groups.
The project has a manager, a small group of associate trainers and input from researchers who track down research findings and examples of good practice in mental health work with teenagers. This information is then translated into accessible training.
Training courses
The following list of training courses currently reflects the main areas of work:
- Promoting the emotional well being of young people
- The impact of abuse and neglect on young people
- Young people and self-harm
- Depression and anxiety in young people
- Young people now! Key data on adolescence
- Supporting young fathers
- Working with troubled teenagers – the impact of adversity and trauma
- Against the odds – building resilience in young people
- Adolescent development
- Developing positive self esteem in young people
- Young people and the prevention of suicide
- Engaging and communicating with young people
- Transitions from primary to secondary school
- An introduction for counseling skills
- Creative techniques for group work
- Teenagers in foster care – developing positive relationships
- Working with young people in supported housing
Who is the training for?
A wide variety of workers attend the open courses and commission tailor-made training.
These have included: Social workers, counselors, youth workers, Connexions staff, personal advisors, foster carers, professional assistants, residential staff, teachers, school support staff, heath promotion workers, school nurses, youth offender’s teams, the prison service as well as a range of voluntary organisations
More information:
If you would like to find out more about the project or the training courses provided, please e-mail Jayne Hellett, Project Manager, Mental Health and Training, or call her on 01273 647 332
April 2009